These Are The West Michigan Roads That Get Plowed First

Lately, it's been feeling like we're either living in a Hallmark Channel Christmas Movie, or that we're stuck in a giant snow globe.

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Just when I finish clearing the snow from my driveway and sidewalk, more starts to fall covering up everything that was cleared away.

West Michigan roads have been tough to keep clear as well.

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Between city, county and state snowplow trucks there are hundreds of vehicles on the West Michigan roadways.

Despite all of these big plows clearing paths of built up snow a lot of people feel like their street or area is barely touched or forgotten about.

The thing is there is a priority list of roads in West Michigan that get addressed before others.

Want to know what those roads are, keep reading.

What Streets Get Plowed First In West Michigan

For the most part, roads in West Michigan are handled the same way, from the highest priority down to the least important.

These plans can change, but they are followed for the most part.

City of Grand Rapids

There are 19 priority streets in Grand Rapids, These streets all have salt applied to them. Some of those priority streets include:

• Leonard Street
• Fulton Street
• Burton Street
• Monroe Avenue
• Division Avenue

The Kent County Road Commission

• State Highways US-131, I-96, M-6)
• County Primary Roads (ex: Byron Center Ave, West River Drive)
• Local Paved Roads
• County local gravel roads, lake drives, subdivision streets

Ottawa County Road Commission

• State Trunklines
• Multi-lane Primary Roads
• Primary Roads
• Local Paved Roads
• Subdivision Streets
• Local Gravel Roads
• Dead End Streets and Cul-de-sacs

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Next time we get hammered with snow, your street might not be cleared as fast as you would like but now you'll know why.